Series 2 Christmas Special

Johnny faces his greatest challenge yet. He and Betty have to spend the holidays with his family. But something is not quite right at home, and it’s not just the gravy.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Leicester Square Theatre, Dead Drunk Detective is here to help you get into the Christmas spirits. All of them. To the very bottom of the bottle.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Lizzy Mace – Sarah

Arfie Mansfield – Johnny Stumbles
Kate Oswald – Betty

David Simpson – Hugh

Mark Wheeler – Mystery Guest

Leanna Wigginton – Melissa

Crew

Written and Created by Brendan Way
Produced by Edmund Fargher
Produced and Edited by Katharine Kerr
Music by Tom Hodge
Artwork by Aimee Sajjan-Servaes

Including ‘Scary Jingle Bells’, played by Toms Mucenieks:

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Recorded at the Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.

Series 2: Episode 6 – The Con Test

Johnny’s nemesis has been revealed, and it’s none other than his progenitor, Jacqueline. And with the fate of the entire borough at stake, they engage in a battle of wits… and the loser leaves town. It all hangs on a lost kitten. No, really…

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Leicester Square Theatre, a new episode of Dead Drunk Detective will be available to download every Tuesday in October 2017.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Arfie Mansfield – Johnny Stumbles

Charlie V Martin – A Loch Ness Monster
Kate Oswald – Betty

Sophie Pumphrey – Jacqueline

Leanna Wigginton – Melissa

Crew

Written and Created by Brendan Way
Produced by Edmund Fargher
Produced and Edited by Katharine Kerr
Music by Tom Hodge
Artwork by Aimee Sajjan-Servaes

Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.

Series 2: Episode 5 – Rest in Pieces

Johnny’s sister, Melissa, is back in town, but her timing is rotten. Someone is tearing its victims apart. A legitimate psycho-killer. And Johnny has to find the culprit before the body count increases. And they’ll have to shake down every suspect above and below ground to do so.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Leicester Square Theatre, a new episode of Dead Drunk Detective will be available to download every Tuesday in October 2017.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Johnny Briers – Vince Hampshire

Mark Johnson – Clown

Dan Luxton – Satan

Arfie Mansfield – Johnny Stumbles
Kate Oswald – Betty

Sophie Pumphrey – Jacqueline

Leanna Wigginton – Melissa

Crew

Written and Created by Brendan Way
Produced by Edmund Fargher
Produced and Edited by Katharine Kerr
Music by Tom Hodge
Artwork by Aimee Sajjan-Servaes

Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.

Series 2: Episode 4 – Where Wolf

Johnny’s werewolf friend Hairy Potter is back, and more so than usual. Someone has stolen his identity in a very literal and physical way, and it’s up to Johnny to decide which duplicate is the real Hairy. And he’ll need the help of every bartender and vampiric noble in the borough to decide.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Leicester Square Theatre, a new episode of Dead Drunk Detective will be available to download every Tuesday in October 2017.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Charlotte Kaye – Jo the Bartender

Arfie Mansfield – Johnny Stumbles
Kate Oswald – Betty
Steff Prince – Hairy 1/Hairy2/Shapeshifter

Charles Scherer – Count Dracula

Crew

Written and Created by Brendan Way
Produced by Edmund Fargher
Produced and Edited by Katharine Kerr
Music by Tom Hodge
Artwork by Aimee Sajjan-Servaes

Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.

Series 2: Episode 3 – No Body There

A body is missing, and it’s up to Johnny to find it. But Johnny has been found by two people he didn’t account for… his parents. Not even Johnny can escape his parents when they are in town, so he has to solve the case either with them, or despite them. 

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Leicester Square Theatre, a new episode of Dead Drunk Detective will be available to download every Tuesday in October 2017.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Johnny Briers – Vince Hampshire

Madeleine Hunter – Witch Doctor

Lizzy Mace – Sarah
Arfie Mansfield – Johnny Stumbles
Kate Oswald – Betty
David Simpson – Hugh

Crew

Written and Created by Brendan Way
Produced by Edmund Fargher
Produced and Edited by Katharine Kerr
Music by Tom Hodge
Artwork by Aimee Sajjan-Servaes

Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.

Series 2: Episode 2 – Look Who’s Stalking

Johnny’s being followed, and its by his least favourite of all the monsters of the borough… a child. And not just any child, a ghost child that has the power to follow him everywhere! Will Johnny find the child’s parents, or any semblance of privacy for that matter?

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Leicester Square Theatre, a new episode of Dead Drunk Detective will be available to download every Tuesday in October 2017.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Joe Colgan – Paul T. Geist

Charlotte Kaye – Jo the Bartender
Arfie Mansfield – Johnny Stumbles
Kate Oswald – Betty

Natalie Ruginis – Floaty/Ghoulia
Mark Wheeler – Ghost Kid

Crew

Written and Created by Brendan Way
Produced by Edmund Fargher
Produced and Edited by Katharine Kerr
Music by Tom Hodge
Artwork by Aimee Sajjan-Servaes

Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.

Series 2: Episode 1 – Brought to Book

Johnny’s back and Betty is as furious with him as ever. Thank god Igor arrives with a conundrum for Johnny to puzzle out. But all is not what it seems. Especially at… CASTLE FRANKENSTEIN!

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Leicester Square Theatre, a new episode of Dead Drunk Detective will be available to download every Tuesday in October 2017.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Mark Johnson – Igor
Arfie Mansfield – Johnny Stumbles
Charlie V Martin – A Loch Ness Monster
Kate Oswald – Betty
Steff Prince – Adam, Frankenstein’s Monster
Charles Scherer – Doctor Frankenstein

Crew

Written and Created by Brendan Way
Produced by Edmund Fargher
Produced and Edited by Katharine Kerr
Music by Tom Hodge
Artwork by Aimee Sajjan-Servaes

Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre in London, England.

Episode 15: Prison, Brit Pop and Other Brief Encounters

Sketch, Please! takes a breath between Dead Drunk Detective performances to bring you this month’s listener-submitted comedy sketches. Ever wanted to be a gritty police officer but are just too happy? Good! Think you could really do with some quiet prison time? So do we!

This week we look at everything from relationships to ambition. Plus all the usual (and unusual chatter from our cast? All that and more is included in this month’s Sketch, Please!

Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes and Soundcloud. And if you want to be involved in the next episode, check out our Submissions Page!

CAST

Gillian Horgan is from Cork, and trained at Drama Studio London. Theatre credits include: She Moved Through the Fair: The Legend of Margaret Barry at UK Folk Festivals, A Place at The Bridewell Theatre, The Conservatory at The Bread & Roses Theatre as well as one-woman show #nofilter.  Screen credits include: Hungry Dogs, The Wives Did It, Persona Non Grata, The Inner Life of Veronica, Wounded, Three, Forget-Me-Not, Camden Calling, Verge, and Black Coffee. Radio credits include: Live From The Get In and Hang.

Dave Chawner is an award winning comic, published author and mental health campaigner. He has just returned from the Edinburgh fringe with his one man show C’est La Vegan. For more information, including his gig at The Leicester Square Theatre, go to DaveChawner.co.uk.

 

Suzie Houlihan is an Irish actor who trained at The International School of Screen Acting (ISSA) London and at The Ivana Chubbuck Studio in LA. She is an experienced presenter, voiceover artist and commercial model. She trained in stand up comedy at hooplaimpro.com performing at open mic nights around London. She also has a degree in Commerce and Law and worked in a city law firm prior to embarking an acting career.

CREDITS

First Day by Brendan Way
JILL – Gillian Horgan
BILL – Dave Chawner

Luggage Restriction by Stephanie Weston
ANNOUNCER – Edmund Fargher
MAN – Dave Chawner
WOMAN – Suzie Houlihan
2ND WOMAN – Gillian Horgan

What A Time to Be Alive by Jasmine Tonie.  Read by Dave Chawmer

Prison by Luke Murray and Christopher Ward
Guard – Gillian Horgan
Prisoner – Suzie Houlihan

Nose Theft by Steve Blair
JANE – Gillian Horgan
SOLICITOR – Suzie Houlihan
JUDGE – Dave Chawner

Write Here, Write Now  by Michael Monkhouse. Read by Gillian Morgan

A Quickie Encounter by Elliot Stewart
Lady – Suzie Houlihan
Gent – Dave Chawner

Hosted by Edmund Fargher
Produced by Katharine Kerr

Episode 14: Holidays, Talking Fish and Other Disappointments

Sketch, Please! is goes gothic with a special Dead Drunk Detective cast performing this month’s listener-submitted comedy sketches. Love a good pun? You will be in excellent company! Ready to go on holiday? We’ve got a couple of people with some stuff to say!

Do all babies look ugly? That’s up for debate, but should you actually mention it to the parents? And who exactly is in the running to be canonised a saint? All that and more is included in this month’s Sketch, Please!

Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes and Soundcloud. And if you want to be involved in the next episode, check out our Submissions Page!

CAST

Kate Oswald began writing and performing comedy in 2014 when she left her job in high end fashion realising that zippers, although important, are not necessarily worth crying over. She has recently graduated from the National Film and Television School where she studied Writing and Producing Comedy. She regularly performs improv on the London circuit with her group The Parentheticals. she is also a part of Bear With Productions. She plays surly sidekick Betty on Dead Drunk Detective.

 

Brendan Way has written a range of comical scripts and presented various podcasts, all of which he devised. He is delighted to collaborate with Podcast Adventures on Dead Drunk Detective, his first scripted radio series. He is also a part of improv groups Duck Duck Goose and The Parentheticals.

 

CREDITS

The Disappointment Hotline by Veronica Tomasiello
OPERATOR – Kate Oswald
CALLER- Brendan Way
ELECTRONIC VOICE – Edmund Fargher

App Dealer by Robert Mills
DEALER – Kate Oswald
MAN – Brendan Way

Arise St. Daniels by James Docherty
CARDINAL – Kate Oswald
PRIEST – Brendan Way
NUN – Edmund Fargher

Oh, Airlines by Roy Gordon
Monologue read by Brendan Way

The Observationist Holiday by Nichola O’Hare
Monologue read by Kate Oswald

Ugly Baby by Ben Jay
CAROL – Kate Oswald
JACK – Brendan Way

Almost Too Fishy by Elliot Stewart
TROUT – Brendan Way
COD – Kate Oswald

Produced by Katharine Kerr
Hosted by Edmund Fargher

Episode 12: Martians, Superheroes and other Jobs

Sketch, Please! returns with another batch of listener-submitted sketches performed by volunteers. And this one will take you to outer space and back to the supermarket.

Ever competed with a friend over the smallest things? Have you ever dropped a hint to a partner that they just didn’t get? How about that moment when you get in to an argument with your Superhero colleagues over your costumes? All that and more is included in this month’s Sketch, Please!

Don’t forget to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes and Soundcloud. And if you want to be involved in the next episode, check out our Submissions Page!

CAST
Danni Payne is a musical theatre performer who trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Danni has dabbled in comedy, but so far has made a living by lying and singing at people. Credits include, Newsrevue, Burelli Sister in The Rat Pack Live, Dolly in A Tribute to the Blues Brothers at the Edinburgh Fringe and Divina in Broke Britannia (Bridewell Theatre). You can follow her on Twitter at  @dannipaynee.

Lewis Cook is a sketch comedian as part of Cook and Davies. Cook and Davies were Finalists at the Welsh unsigned Stand Up Awards, So You Think You Write Funny and Semi Finalists at the Laughing Horse New Comedy Act of The Year. He is also the writer of Good Little Boy, a one-act play that premiered at The Wardrobe Theatre.

 

CREDITS
Edna and Blanche by MKM Comedy
EDNA – Lewis Cook
BLANCHE – Danni Payne

Useless Technical Director by Robert Mills
BOSS – Danni Payne
BARRY – Lewis Cook

Pirates Expenses by Daniel Page
SPARROW – Edmund Fargher
FIRST MATE – Lewis Cook
PETE – Danni Payne

Three’s Awkward by Elliot Stewart
JO – Danni Payne
TIM – Lewis Cook
RACHAEL – Katharine Kerr

Just Relax by Martin Price
TRACY – Danni Payne
ALFRED – Lewis Cook
STEPHEN – Edmund Fargher

Mars Mishap by Stephanie Weston
MARTIAN 1 – Danni Payne
MARTIAN 2 – Lewis Cook
MARTIAN 3 – Edmund Fargher

Heroic Delays by Elliot Stewart
COMPUTER – Edmund Fargher
HEROMAN – Lewis Cook
HEROGIRL – Danni Payne

Produced by Katharine Kerr
Hosted by Edmund Fargher